NRDC Action Center

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Action Center

Welcome to NRDC's Action Center! Here you'll find all the tools, tips and information you need to help protect the earth's extraordinary wealth of natural treasures.

Tell the Bush administration not to allow destructive drilling in Dixie National Forest

As one of its last acts in office, the Bush administration wants to allow oil and gas drilling in half a million acres of Utah's magnificent Dixie National Forest. Comments are due December 16th, so tell the administration to protect, not destroy, these spectacular wildlands and wildlife.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has caved to industry pressure and created a loophole that will allow toxic phthalate-laden toys to be sold indefinitely to unsuspecting parents. Tell the commission that these toxic toys must be banned from store shelves immediately.

On December 11th and 12th, the California Air Resources Board will vote on two important measures to reduce pollution from heavy-duty trucks throughout the state. Tell Governor Schwarzenegger not to let the gloomy economic outlook doom these critical, cost-effective measures.

Although honey bees are crucial to producing about one-third of all the food we eat, the Department of Agriculture has failed to meet crucial research needs to determine the cause of colony collapse disorder, which is devastating hives across the country. Urge the Department of Agriculture to act now to save bees.

The Senate may soon consider whether the United States should sign the Law of the Sea Treaty, which would allow the country to more effectively influence debates on expanding ocean protection. Urge your senators to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Coal industry supporters in Congress have introduced legislation that would repeal important provisions of the 2007 energy bill that prevent federal agencies from purchasing liquid coal and other dirty fuels. Urge your representative to oppose any legislation that would reverse these important protections.

Decades of overfishing, pollution, aggressive invasive species and severe habitat loss are threatening our oceans, yet we have no comprehensive national law to address these problems. Tell your representative to support a bill that would protect and restore our oceans and the economies that rely on them.

Although the Navy agreed to limit its use of low-frequency sonar, it continues to blast the world's oceans with mid-frequency sonar, which can be just as harmful to whales and other marine mammals. Tell the Navy to turn off the noise.